Powering Down the Future
What will happen once our fossil fuel inheritance is spent and are we doing enough to develop a replacement energy infrastructure?
Controversy Explodes over Renewable Energy
A heated debate in the pages of one of the country’s most renowned scientific journals has gained national attention. The debate is over whether a combination of wind, solar, and hydroelectricity could fully power the U.S. But both sides...
Talking Energy Transition
This is the second and final part of a recent conversation with Richard Heinberg by Greening the Apocalypse. Greening the Apocalypse is a weekly show on Melbourne’s Triple R 102.7FM. Listen to the first part here. First broadcast on 6 June 2017...
Three Steps to Transition to a “Bottom Up” Economy
Resistance to the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants, climate change policy, and economic fairness has been fierce. But alongside these efforts—from flooding representatives’ phone lines to packing town hall meetings to marching in protest—it’s also important to begin the...
What happened to peak oil? with Richard Heinberg
The Greening the Apocalypse team talk peak oil with Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow with the Post Carbon Institute. Richard is regarded as one of the world’s foremost advocates for a shift away from our current reliance on fossil fuels. He’s the author...
Renewable Energy & Beyond: How do we transition to a renewable society?
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg recently presented via video link at the final forum of the Regenerating Society Series in Melbourne, Australia. Richard was joined by Rescope Project Fellow, Josh Floyd, energy and psychology researcher, Dr Andrea Bunting, host...
Dissonance and Divestment: Profile of An Activist
“Why should people divest from the fossil fuel sector?” Lisa Renstrom pauses and thinks. “Let me count the ways.” This piece is an updated excerpt from Chuck Collins’ new book, Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes...
Coal Is a Dinosaur and so is the growth economy
In a recent paper, Justin Ritchie, a Ph.D. candidate in resources and the environment at the University of British Columbia, and his co-author, UBC professor Hadi Dowlatabadi, pointed out that global estimates of the amounts of coal that are...
This beer kills pipelines
The TransCanada pipeline (called Energy East) is intended to transport oil from the tar sands in Alberta to St. John in New Brunswick, a route of 6,400km across Canada. Once built, 1.1 million barrels of oil are intended to...
How to Go the Resistance Distance: Pop-Up Schools for Novice Activists
More than 200 people crammed into a meeting room at Smith College to listen to Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum speak at the May 4 opening ceremony of the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership. The new school provides in-person training opportunities in activism in five cities...